1.60m South American biotope

[Gertbl]

Hi Senninha,

I find the Taeniacara candidi one of the peaceful dwarfcichlids.
In this tank the really don't pay much attention to the other dwarfcichlids and the Manacapuru angelfish that are swimming in this tank. Even in the time that I had four Mesonauta egregius swimming in this tank, the didn't bother them. I know people in Holland who are keeping the T. candidi in small groups with success. Sadly I just lost my T. candidi female. Haven't seen her any more in the tank.

 

[Senninha]

Oh well, this info helps me a lot, maybe your taenia jumps out the tank , my last Hongsloi take this way to reach the freedom .

What PH have you the taenia? , because I readed that they needs more acid PH around 5 and my PH is 6.5, and I'm not sure thats viable or not with this PH . The info about your partners is very interesting, a group of this really be awesome hehehehehhe.

thanks¡¡¡

un saludicoo¡¡¡

 

[FIL]

beautiful, really beautiful

 

[Gertbl]

@Senninha, I keep the T. candidi now at a PH of 6,5. I don't think that the female has jumped out of the tank.
I think she just died. I saw here a few day before the disappearing and she wasn't feeling fine, I could see that.

@FIL, thanks.

Here are some pictures of my new fish in this tank:
8 young Pterophyllum scalare "Red Back"

This is how the tank looks right now:

 

[FIL]

@Gert : Would it be possible to use the photo of your tank to put it on my forum and thus show a good example of Amazon's tank?

 

[Gertbl]

@Fil, sure no problem.

 

[Gertbl]

 

[Gertbl]

Yesterday I bought four Awaous flavus. What a stunning and active little goby.

 

[Gertbl]

 

[FIL]

Magnifique! sublime !!

J'aime beaucoup , une belle harmonie.

Nicolas

 

[Gwendal]

Nice tank, i love the photos!






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[Jcwong]

Amazing photos!!!

 

[Jcwong]

Amazing photos!!!

 

[Gertbl]

Here are some new recent pictures I made of the tank. I also changed the amount of fish that are swimming in this tank.
At this moment I have the following fish in the tank:
8 Pterophyllum scalare "Red Back"
5 Hypoptopoma sp.
4 Awaous flavus
4 Copella arnoldi
2 Poecilia wingei
2 Dicrossus maculatus (2 males)
2 Sturisoma festivum
1 Taeniacara candidi (male)

I'm going to add some female Dicrossus maculatus, 1 female Taeniacara candidi and a couple Aphyolebias peruensis.

Here are the pictures:

Awaous flavus

Dicrossus maculatus

Hypoptopoma sp.

Pt. scalare "Red Back"

Taeniacara candidi

Eggs of the Copella arnoldi

Copella arnoldi

Sturisoma festivum

Next to this I recently bought a new tank (120x65x60cm) approx 400L. In this tank I want to make a Rio Tigre biotope, based on the report that Tom C has on his site. The setup is going to be with a lot of wood, sand bottom and leave litter on top. There are only going to be floating plants in the tank. The fish that I want to keep are, a group of Nannostomus mortenthaleri together with a Apistogramma species from the Rio Tigre drainage an with Crenuchus spilurus. Hope to have some pictures of the start in February.

 

[Gwendal]

I love your tank. really nice.
The C. arnoldi are awesome!








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[Loriculus]

Gert, (greets from across the border)

what is your point on the topic Awaous flavus needs salt addition ? Looks interesting setup. I'm setting up my next tank just now. I will also add the red backs and will move my Biotoecus as sand fish, but the gobies would be an option too. I have surface area of 160x100 so there should be enough space.

 

[Gertbl]

Hi Peter,

I've read some few things about Awaous juveniles needing salt water. As far as I know the Awaous flavus is found in brackish water and in freshwater. They are doing very well in my tank, and I looking for some more of them.

Last month I moved to my new house, so that means that I had to move the tank. During the time I was emptying the tank, I noticed two small juvenile fish. They were approx a few mm in size. I caught the two juveniles and placed them in a small container. Because I wasn't sure if there were more juveniles, I decide to leave the substrate and a amount of water in the tank. During the time I was filling the tank with a amount of freshwater, I caught another 4 juveniles in the tank. The six juveniles I found seems to be Hypoptopoma fry.

Fish that are now swimming in this tank are:
8 Pterophyllum scalare "Manacapuru"
5 Hypoptopoma sp.
4 Mikrogeophahus ramirezi
3 Awaous flavus (want to add more
3 Chilodus gracilis (want to add more)
2 Sturisoma sp. aff. festivum
2 Copella arnoldi males (going to get new females)
1 Poecilocharax weitzmani (left over of a group)
a few Poecilia wingei

Here are some new pictures:

 

[Loriculus]

Thanks for the feedback Gert! The Hypoptopoma breeding is interesting. I believe I have the same an thought they where Hypoptopoma inexpectatus.

I also have 4 Poecilocharax weitzmani - at least I hope it is still 4. They are in one of my small tanks with T. candidii and as you know hard to spot in a fully planted tank. if you happen to see some Poecilocharax weitzmani in good quality let me know

 

[Gertbl]

Poecilocharax weitzmani is indeed a beautiful fish. Maybe I will add more in this tank when I find them again.
The Hypoptopoma I bought were twice labelled as Hypoptopoma gulare. According to some people on Planet Catfish, it seems that I have sp. 2 and thoracatum.
M. ramirezi couple with eggs:

 

[harry12345]

Gert,
I like the pictures of the ramirezi's, but that won't be a very big surprise!
You angels are also beautifl.